{"id":86189,"date":"2023-10-03T10:08:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T10:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=86189"},"modified":"2023-10-03T10:08:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T10:08:19","slug":"tyson-fury-contacts-cruiserweight-champion-for-help-before-oleksandr-usyk-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/sport\/tyson-fury-contacts-cruiserweight-champion-for-help-before-oleksandr-usyk-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury contacts cruiserweight champion for help before Oleksandr Usyk showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/10\/02\/09\/newFile.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/29\/17\/Collage%20Maker-29-Sep-2023-05-19-PM-2056.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/10\/01\/06\/newFile.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was close to going out there before the fight got cancelled,\u201d the 28-year-old added, referring to the collapse of talks between Fury and Usyk in spring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a crazy experience, I look forward to doing things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/10\/02\/10\/SEI174071725.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Jai Opetaia, left, stopped Jordan Thompson last week to retain the IBF cruiserweight title<\/p>\n<p>Opetaia also said he would like to move up to heavyweight someday, meaning Fury, 35, and Usyk, 36, could be potential opponents in the future \u2013 if they are still boxing by then.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely,\u201d said Opetaia. \u201cI\u2019ve still got a lot of work to do as a cruiserweight, but I see myself fighting for heavyweight world titles further down the track.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Recommended<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2022\/09\/02\/11\/newFile-1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/10\/02\/10\/fury%20joshua%20inset.png?quality=75&amp;width=230&amp;auto=webp\" class=\"sc-1g4ankk-0 cUqDiq i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2022\/01\/03\/17\/Untitled%20collage%20%2830%29.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Opetaia stopped Thompson in the fourth round on Saturday, dropping him in that frame and also in the third.<\/p>\n<p><u><em>Click here<\/em><\/u><em> to subscribe to The Independent\u2019s Sport YouTube channel for all the latest sports videos.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/tyson-fury-usyk-jai-opetaia-b2422209.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI was close to going out there before the fight got cancelled,\u201d the 28-year-old added, referring to the collapse of talks between Fury and Usyk in spring. \u201cThat\u2019s a crazy experience, I look forward to doing things like that.\u201d Jai Opetaia, left, stopped Jordan Thompson last week to retain the IBF cruiserweight title Opetaia also said he would like to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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